Academic Calendar 5770

August 23/3 Elul.....................................................................Group Flight from New York
August 24/4 Elul...............................Arrival, Travel to Jerusalem, Opening Program at Kotel
August 25-26/5-6 Elul.........................................................................................Orientation
August 26/6 Elul.........................................................Tiyul - "Yerushalayim Harim Saviv La"
August 27/7 Elul............................................................First Day of Classes - Fall Semester
August 28-29/9 Elul............................................................................................IN Shabbat
September 8-9 / 19-20 Elul...................................................................Shana Bet Jeep Tiyul
September 9/20 Elul...............................................................................Chessed Orientation
September 15/26 Elul.................................................................1/2 day Tiyul - Bayit Rishon
September 18-20/1-2 Tishrei...................................................................Rosh Hashana - IN
September 21/3 Tishrei.................................................Tzom Gedaliah (no afternoon classes)
September 27-28/10 Tishrei..............................................................................Yom Kippur
September 29/11 Tishrei................................................................Special Sukkot Yom Iyun
September 20-October 11/12-23 Tishrei....................................................Sukkot Vacation
October 8/21 Tishrei...................................................................Tikkun Leil Hoshana Rabba
October 12/24 Tishrei...............................................................Full-day tiyul - Harei Yehuda
October 13/25 Tishrei..................................................................................Classes Resume
October 16-17/29 Tishrei..........................................................................Shabbaton - Tzfat
October 28-31/10-13 Cheshvan.......................................................Galil Tiyul & Shabbaton
November 18/1 Cheshvan............................................................1/2 day Tiyul - Bayit Sheni
December 1/14 Kislev...............................................................1/2 day Tiyul - Yad Vashem
December 4-5/18 Kislev.............................................................................Shabbat Kvutzot
December 14/28 Kislev...........................................................................Mesibat Chanukah
December 15-19/28 Kislev - 2 Tevet.....................................................Chanukah Vacation
December 27/10 Tevet..................................................Asara B'tevet (no afternoon classes)
January 3-14/17-28 Tevet..........................................................Final Exams - Fall Semester
January 15-16/1 Shevat........................................................Shabbaton - Kochav Hashachar

January 17/2 Shevat..................................................First Day of Classes - Spring Semester
January 28/14 Shevat..........................................................................Seder Leil Tu B'shvat
February 3-6/19-22 Shevat.........................Negev/Eilat Tiyul & Shabbaton (Mitzpe Ramon)
February 19-20/6 Adar.....................................................................Shabbaton - Bnei Brak
February 25/11 Adar...................................................Taanit Esther - No Afternoon Classes
February 28/14-15 Adar..........................................Purim - No Classes, PM-Mesibat Purim
March 1/15 Adar....................................................................Shushan Purim - Seudat Purim
March 12-13/27 Adar .......................................................................................IN Shabbat
March 16-April 8/1-24 Nissan.....................................................................Pesach Vacation
Chodesh Nissan.....................................................................Optional Tiyulim and Programs
April 9-10/26 Nissan.............................................................................Shabbaton - Hebron
April 11/27 Nissan.......................................................................................Classes Resume
April 11-12/28 Nissan......................................................Yom HaShoah - Special Programs
April 19/5-6 Iyar..............Yom HaZikaron - Special Program, PM: Mesibat Yom HaAtzmaut
April 20/6 Iyar.................................................................Yom HaAtzmaut - Special Program
April 29-May 2/15-18 Iyar...............................................Golan Tiyul & Shabbaton - Keshet
May 2/18 Iyyar...................................................................................................Lag Baomer
May 11-12/27-28 Iyar................................................Yom Yerushalayim - Special Programs
May 18-20/6-7 Sivan.........................................................................................Shavuot - IN
May 30-June 10/17-28 Sivan...................................................Final Exams - Spring Semester
June 11-12/30 Sivan.............................................................................................IN Shabbat
June 13/1 Tamuz............................................................................................Closing Banquet

(This calendar is subject to change!)